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APPENDIX. 



BRYOPHYLLUM. 



Shrubby plants with opposite, simple or whorled 

 fleshy leaves. Flowers in terminal panicles. Calyx and 

 corolla both tubular, four-lobed. Stamens 8, attached 

 to the base of the (monopetalous) corolla. Carpels 4, 

 quite free of each other, each with a slender straight 

 style without stigmatic head. Fruit of many follicles. 



Species mostly in Mexico. 



Bryophyllum pinnatum Kurz Stem four-angled. 

 Leaflets 3 to 7, ovate to obovate, 2 to 3 inches long 

 by lYz to 2 inches, crenate and with bristles in the 

 notches. Panicle 3 to 4 feet high, the branches opposite 

 and flowers well separated. Calyx lJ4 inch long, pale 

 yellowish green with reddish base. Corolla ^/i inch 

 longer, reddish-brown towards the tips of the lobes. 

 Stamens of different lengths shorter or longer than the 

 styles. 



A native of Mexico. Nilgiris : Coonoor, Kotagiri, etc. 



Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb. very similar to the 

 above and possibly the same species, but with usually 

 simple leaves 4 to 5 inches long is frequent in Madras 

 and the drier parts of Mysore. The leaves readily 

 sprout at the notches if hung up separately, or if 

 immersed in water. 



Mcmccylon lushingtonii Gamble in Kew Bull. 1919 

 p. 227. A small tree or shrub. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 oblong elliptic obtuse, notched at the apex, about ij^ by 

 y^ inch. Cymes dense sessile. Flowers pale blue. 



Nilgiris : near Coonoor below 6,000 feet. 



Gen. Dist. 1 roni the Ceded Districts southwards. 



